verlor

Verlor is a term that may appear in German-language contexts primarily as a verb form, and less commonly as a proper noun. In German grammar, verloren is the past participle of verlieren (to lose). Verlor, by contrast, is the simple past (preterite) form of verlieren for certain persons: ich verlor and er verlor.

In full conjugation, the simple past forms include: ich verlor, du verlorst, er verlor, wir verloren, ihr verloren, sie verloren. Thus, verlor occurs in the first- and third-person singular preterite. The standard spoken past in German is typically formed with haben verloren, meaning “has lost,” rather than the simple past.

As a proper noun, Verlor is extremely uncommon and not widely documented in major reference works. It is not recognized as the name of a widely known place, organization, or brand. If encountered, it would likely be a rare surname or a fictional or local designation rather than a standardized geographic or institutional term.

Relation to similar forms: the past participle verloren is used with auxiliary haben in perfect tenses (e.g., hat verloren). The stem verlor is distinct from the participle form and from related words such as verloren (as an adjective meaning “lost”) or ver-, a common German prefix with various semantic functions.

See also: verlieren, verloren, ver lot? (Note: see also the related German terms verlieren and verloren for broader linguistic context; national spellings and conjugations may vary in dialects or historical texts.)